Eyeglasses and spectacles.



I z. M. LEGER.

EYEGLAssEs AND SPECTACLES. APPLICATION FILED MAY I0, 1915.

1,171,795. Patented Feb.15,1916.

THE coLuMxA PLAqloaRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

zonn MARCEL nissan or MONCTON, NEW' BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

EYEGLASSES' AND SPECTACLES.

To all'wtom it may concern Be it known that LZOL MARCEL LGER, a l,

spectacles either with rims or rimless and appertains particularly to the mountings; of such eye-glasses and spectacles.

-leretofore the lenses of eye-glasses `'and spectacles have been stationaryT with yrespect to their mounting and consequently presented diiiiculties in their properV adjustment to meet individual requirementsland also for this reason necessitated special manufactureA in some instances and an object 'of this in-l vention is to overcome this disadvantage by providing eye-glasses or spectacles with lenses so mounted that their position can be adjusted with relation to eachother and also Ywith relation' to their mountings. Furthermore when, as in eye-glasses, spring controlled clips are solely relied upon to ses` cure the lenses to the nose of the wearer vit is necessary in most cases to so tension the springs that the clips press tightly upon and chafe the nose and it is another object to' provide means forsecuring eye-glasses upon the nose without spring clips or to act in conjunctionY with such clips, in the latter case the necessary tensionV of the springs being such as to avoid chaiing of the nose.

The abo-ve with further objects and ad-` -vantages will be hereinafter more vfully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. For full comprehension. however, of my invention reference'sho'uld be had to the accompanying drawings form-f ing a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts wherein:

Figure l is .a frontview of my improved eye-glass; Fig. 2 is a plan'thereof; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 Fig. 2; andFig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 Fig. 2.

Referring nowtothese drawings, 2 indi-V cates the lensesand 3 the studs by means of which they are attached to the mounting and which are secured to the rim of rimmed Specification of Letters Patent.

y j Patented Een'. .15, 1916*., YAppiieatnminealway1o,1915. serial No. 27,198; 1

lenses 'as shown in the drawing orformed as clasps for their attachment to" rimle'ss lenses.

VThe stud 3 of each lens is attached to ian.

arm 4 formed with a sleeve 5 at `one end and having one end of a bar `6,",constituting the bridge of the mounting, passed there# through, the sleeves being i cured upon the bar preferably by set-screws 7 which pass throughholes in the sleeve and v are pointed at their ends to bite into the bar. The heads of the screws are countersunk.

adj ustably se-V Each of the armsA 4 extends outwardly., from the bridgeand has a longitudinal slot 8 therein, the stud '3, carried bythe arm being secured thereto by means ofa screw 9. The shank of the screw is passed out-` wardly through the slot and screws kinto a tapped hole 10 formed in the stud, the 'end of which .latter crosses the slot and abuts against the outer surface of the arm so that lby screwing the screwinto the stud the latterV and the head' of the .former are drawn to gether and tightly againsto'pposite surfaces Aof the arm. j If desireda washer "1l may be placedupon the screw between its'head and the innerL surface Vof the arm.

The bridge barU 6 is preferably rounded or Vhas rounded portions and from the above it will be readily seen that by loosening either of the setgscrews 7 ,the arm through which it passes can beswung to any desired position. about the bar as Ashown in dotted linesA Fig. V3, moved to Vvary the-inclination and elevation ofthe lens relati'velyto the: bridge i of or distance between the lenses. The incliindependently of and Vwith respect to their or to each other or vsuch arm can be shifted` along the bar to change the relative position Y carrying arms 3 and the bridge by loosening the screw 9 and so permitting itto rotate in theslotv with the studV of the Ylens as theinclination yof the latter is changed'as indi-k cated by'dotted lines at the rightof Fig. 2

and the slotsv enable the lenses to .be indi- Y vidually shifted longitudinally' of their cars rying arms and away'fromor closer to the bridge as shown at the left of rFig. V2.`

Furthermore the loosening ofset-screws 7 enables the carrying arms 3 to be, swung from their normal position, extending in los wardly from the bridge,'to an outwardly j extending position with relation to the latter in the event of the necessity of position-,-

ing the lenses far out tromA the bridgebar nection to enable the arms, in swinging outwardly, to also swing around the` screws, the swinging movement of the arms being thus compensated for and the shifting of the lenses from the inner to the outer side of the Vbridge bar without reversing such lenses.

To secure the eye-glasses to a wearers Vnose lfprovide a pair-of fingers 12 which are located between the arms-3 and extend downwardly from the bridge bar, having sleeves 13 at their upperends which are mounted upon'the bar and adjustably secured thereto by countersunk set-screws 14. rEhe lingers are preferably flattened at their lower ends and are bendable and, by loosening screws 14, capable of being swung about the bridge or shifted along Vsame to vary their relative position and the space `betweenA them so that they can be accurately adjusted to lit snugly against opposite sides of tie nose and by the weight of the eyeglasses to lightly wedge upon the same, thus holding the eye-glasses upon the nose. From Fig. lit will be seen that the bridge bar is so placed that the lingers 12 can be spaced apart a distance equal to that-between the adjacent edges of the lenses and so provide for the accommodation of the niaXiniiun width of nose to which the eye-glasses can be properly adjusted.

To' augmentthe fingers in holding the eyeglasses upon the nose and especially to prevent them falling when the head is bent forward l provide a linger-piece clasp of usual construction which is carried by the lingers and consists of a pair of arms 15 each of which is i'ulerunied between its ends upon one of the fingers lland having an` eX- tended nose engaging extension vor clip 16 at its inner end and a linger piece 17 at its.

outer end. The arms 15 with .extensions 16 are yieldingly drawn together by springs 18 y coiled about lingers 12 and attached at opposite ends to the latter and to the arms 15. lVhile this finger-piece clasp engages the nose under the influence of springs it ,will be obvious that the tension of the latter need l nct'be so great as when such clasp is solely relied upon to hold the eye-glasses upon. the

nose and that therefore chaing of the nose kas aresult of suehspring pressure is avoided.

lVhat I claim is as follows:

1; In eye-glassesy and the like, the eoinbito and adjustable longitudinallyof the bar 1 and a lens pivoted to and adjustable longi-V tudinally of the arm.

3. In eye-glasses and the like, the combi-- nation with a bridge bar, of .a longitudinally slotted arm, a sleeve upon ythe ably securing the sleeve vtothe bar,allens arm and loosely carried by the bar, Ameans for adjust-1 and means located in the slot of the arm forv f' adjustably securingthe lens-to said arm.;

1. ln eye-glasses and the like a pairl of' lenses, studssecured-to saidv lenses and having tapped holes therein, longitudinally slotted arms, screws aassed throughthe slots Vin they arms and intoA saiditappedholes,

sleeves rormed upon the arms, avbridge bara passed through the sleeves, set-screws,secur-I ing the sleeves to the bar, a pair oli lingers,

sleeves formed upon the lingers located be- Y tween the lirst mentioned sleeves and yhaving said oar passed therethrough andset-screws;

securing the last mentioned vsleeves to the bar.`

lenses, studs secured to said lenses and hav- 5. ln'eye--glasses and the like, a pair ot ing tapped holes therein,5 longitudinally* slotted arms, screws passed through the slots in the arms and into said tapped holes,

sleeves formed upon the arms, a. vbridge'bar passedl through the sleeves, set-screws securev ing the sleeves to the bar, a pairof 'ingers,f

sleeves formed upon the lingers, located Abetween the first mentioned sleeves andhavinfg@y said barpassed therethrough and set-screws securing the last mentioned sleevesl to@ the bar, arms, one otwhich is fulcruined.` loe-f' tweenl its ends upon oneof. said fingers, nose clips at one of the ends` of' said fulcrumed arms, linger pieces at v'the opposite endsofthe ulcrumed arms and springs coiled about said ngers and `attached at their ends re- 1 spectively to the finge 1s and said ulcrumed*Y In testimonywhereof I'have signedmy Copies of this patent may beobtained :for ive cents each, by addressing the-Commissioner of llatents,

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